Purchase Order 140G0326P0055

Advanced Telemetry Systems Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer headquartered in Isanti, Minnesota, was awarded a $92,075 firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Fisheries Research Center on March 5, 2026, for the supply of acoustic receiver equipment. The contract, with an ultimate completion date of April 1, 2026, will deliver twenty SR3001 Trident Submersible Acoustic Receivers and forty compatible rechargeable lithium battery packs to support fisheries research evaluating juvenile salmonid behavior and survival at two dams within the Upper Yakima River Basin in Washington. The equipment is designed to detect and decode binary phase-shift keyed acoustic signals within the Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) architecture, with devices capable of submersibility to at least 70 meters and minimum 60-day battery runtime.

This sole-source procurement reflects USGS's determination that strict compatibility requirements with existing Advanced Telemetry Systems receiver arrays currently deployed in the field necessitate award to this specific vendor, as introducing alternate equipment would require costly redesigns, recalibration of detection models, personnel retraining, and potential revalidation of scientific data. The award carried no small business set-aside designation, and the work will be performed in Bingen, Washington. Advanced Telemetry Systems has established itself as a critical supplier to multiple federal agencies including USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and others, with a track record of securing substantial federal contract awards for specialized telemetry equipment supporting federal wildlife monitoring and conservation initiatives.